Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady on a light test. Steer and heifer calves were mostly unweaned with a stronger undertone noted. Demand was moderate to active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.57/cwt on 18 head, up $11.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −52.04 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$409.57

▲ 11.07 vs prior sale

18 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.46

vs OK average

+21.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	409.57	2,181	18thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.82, low $398.50, median $461.61 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

409.57

—

OK average8 barns · 933 hd

401.11

+8.46

National average109 barns · 4,104 hd

388.41

+21.16

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−52.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	318.55/cwt	309.00–321.00	2,303	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,924	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	359.14/cwt	356.00–372.00	2,435	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	486	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,818	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	461.34/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,735	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	423.02/cwt	419.00–427.50	1,887	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	403.96/cwt	390.00–417.00	1,915	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	773	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,702	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	396	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	344.74/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,151	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	698	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,206	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	375.69/cwt	368.00–381.00	2,356	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,019	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	438.77/cwt	425.00–446.00	1,663	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,192	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	582	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,921	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,127	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	746	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,447	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	416.78/cwt	389.00–425.00	2,142	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	331.09/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,225	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	360.44/cwt	357.00–365.00	2,091	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,244	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	371.95/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,317	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	356.95/cwt	353.00–359.00	1,888	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,855	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	414.59/cwt	412.00–423.00	2,181	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	353.57/cwt	348.00–359.00	1,976	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	721	304.79/cwt	302.50–306.00	2,198	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,020	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,398	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	788	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,388	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	422.77/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,055	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	335.65/cwt	325.00–348.00	2,051	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,691	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	439.46/cwt	429.00–450.00	2,101	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,477	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	322.28/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,791	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	352.96/cwt	341.00–355.00	2,615	26

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

Thu Aug 20, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Receipts 717Last week 697Year ago 1,037

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	342	542.50	542.50
15	350–400	370	520.00	520.00
6	400–450	443	450.00	450.00
6	450–500	486	410.00–450.00	422.77
32	500–550	514	389.00–425.00	416.78
11	550–600	580	357.00–365.00	360.44
2	600–650	620	325.00	325.00
23	650–700	672	325.00–337.00	331.09
20	700–750	723	309.00–321.00	318.55
6	750–800	788	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	515.00	515.00
10	400–450	446	453.00	453.00
22	450–500	462	437.00	437.00
14	500–550	526	412.00–423.00	414.59
4	550–600	555	392.00	392.00
43	600–650	623	370.00–374.00	371.95
10	650–700	678	356.00–372.00	359.14
14	700–750	746	328.00	328.00
14	750–800	773	349.50	349.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	617	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	624	343.00–350.00	344.74
4	650–700	698	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	429.00–450.00	439.46
20	600–650	627	368.00–381.00	375.69
39	650–700	688	360.00	360.00
26	700–750	741	341.00–355.00	352.96
14	800–850	828	325.00	325.00
38	850–900	866	310.00–325.00	322.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	396	430.00	430.00
8	450–500	486	374.00	374.00
10	550–600	582	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	376	455.00–475.00	461.34
21	400–450	446	419.00–427.50	423.02
14	450–500	474	390.00–417.00	403.96
6	500–550	529	353.00–359.00	356.95
8	550–600	559	348.00–359.00	353.57
30	600–650	611	325.00–348.00	335.65
6	650–700	658	341.00	341.00
6	700–750	721	302.50–306.00	304.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	481	402.50	402.50
2	550–600	560	372.00	372.00
10	600–650	620	343.00	343.00
8	750–800	776	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	379	425.00–446.00	438.77
11	700–750	714	307.00	307.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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